Southwest Iowa Fishing Team kicked off their 2024/2025 AgriVision Elite boat series season this past weekend on Viking Lake. Forty student anglers launched their boats in rainy conditions, but by the end were greeted with sunny weather for late September. Atlantic Trojan anglers Joaquin and Jake Wailes of Wiota, reeled in the winning bag in Powerade High School Series at the McDermott and Son Roofing / Dump Truck Jig TBF bass fishing tournament. The brothers found the fish early and hauled in an impressive bag of 5 fish weighing 14.88 pounds. Again, the rest of the teams were highly competitive Kade Wilson and Zach Bass finished in the runner up spot with a total of 14.12, third place went to Colin Rudy and Matt Pollack from Atlantic with 11.14, Cody Swank, Harlan, and Gavin Dougherty, Atlantic were fourth with 9.94 and rounding out the top five Atlantic Trojans Braxton Hass / Hunter Quist, 9.83.

Joaquin Wailes hooked a monster 5.23 pounder to win the AM Cohron & Son Big fish for the tournament.

Fairlife Junior teams also competed with Colton Anderson and Holden DeVore from Atlantic weighing in their winning bag of 5 fish totaling 12.61. Runner up spot went to Letty McSorley, Riverside / Brendan Wilke Atlantic, 6.94, Colton Krueger, Riverside and Bennett Dorr, Riverside finished third with 6.02, and rounding out the top four was, Blake Siefken and Bentley Runge of with Woodbine with 4.88.

 

Other winners from the tournament were.

Big Bite Baits Fish On- (first fish caught)- Christian Thompson

Fast Metal First Five in the Box- Colton Anderson / Holden DeVore

Ole Blue Bait & Tackle –Gannon Otte, Colin Rudy, Tim Donovan

Fishing Assault Beat your best- Matt Pollack

Dump Truck Jig- “Haulin in the Bass”- Joaquin Wailes

The next event for SWIFT will be Sunday, Oct13th at Green Valley, both Fair Life Junior and Powerade High School division will fish together.

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Photo credits to Jill & Callie Rudy, and Hade DeVore.

Thanks to all the sponsors, boat captains, parents, volunteers, and anglers for making an awesome event.

Southwest Iowa Fishing Team

9/22/2024 Viking Lake

Division: POWERADE HIGH SCHOOL

SWIFT High School Teams

Place   Angler 1                                             Angler 2     # of Fish                 Big Fish       Total Bag Weight

1             Joaquin Wailes              Jake Wailes                     5                             5.23                     14.88

2             Kade Wilson                   Zach Bass                        5                             3.82                     14.12

3             Colin Rudy                       Matt Pollack                   5                             3.48                     11.14

4             Cody Swank                    Gavin Dougherty          5                             3.38                     9.94

5             Braxton Hass                 Hunter Quist                   5                             3.85                     9.83

6             Brentyn Hoover             Lucas Bose                     5                             2.80                     9.44

7             Carson Faue                   Gannon Ott                     5                             3.13                     9.38

8             Christian Thompson Jarrett  Hansen              5                                                             9.29

9             Colton Frieze                  Caden Frieze                   5                             2.22                     9.13

10          Jordan Robinson          Nathan Bentler              5                             3.06                     8.89

11          Collin Russell                Logan  Binkley               5                                                             8.42

12          Grayson Molgaard      Landon Schenck          5                                                             8.36

13          Nicholas Marin             Connor Swenson         5                             2.40                     7.76

14          Tim Donovan                  Talan Vanarsdol           5                                                             6.52

13          Blake Schwartz             Gavin Lindstrom          5                             0.00

14          Jax Lauzon                       Clay Price                         5                             0.00

Southwest Iowa Fishing Team

9/22/2024 Viking Lake

Division: FAIRLIFE JUNIOR

Place   Angler 1                             Angler 2                    # of Fish                Big Fish      Total Bag Weight

1             Colton Anderson         Holden DeVore             5                            4.11                     12.61

2             Letty McSorley               Brendan Wilke               5                             2.09                     8.22

3             Colton Krueger               Bennett Dorr                   5                             6.02

4             Blake Siefken                  Bentley Runge               5                             4.88